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Psalm 84:1 NRSV

How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of hosts!

Psalm 84:2 NRSV

My soul longs, indeed it faints for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.

Psalm 84:3 NRSV

Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, at your altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God.

Psalm 84:4 NRSV

Happy are those who live in your house, ever singing your praise. Selah

Psalm 84:5 NRSV

Happy are those whose strength is in you, in whose heart are the highways to Zion.

Psalm 84:6 NRSV

As they go through the valley of Baca they make it a place of springs; the early rain also covers it with pools.

Psalm 84:7 NRSV

They go from strength to strength; the God of gods will be seen in Zion.

Psalm 84:8 NRSV

O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah

Psalm 84:9 NRSV

Behold our shield, O God; look on the face of your anointed.

Psalm 84:10 NRSV

For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than live in the tents of wickedness.

Psalm 84:11 NRSV

For the Lord God is a sun and shield; he bestows favor and honor. No good thing does the Lord withhold from those who walk uprightly.

Psalm 84:12 NRSV

O Lord of hosts, happy is everyone who trusts in you.

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